Forge Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Charnwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 June 1966. Cottage.
Forge Cottage
- WRENN ID
- hidden-floor-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Charnwood
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 June 1966
- Type
- Cottage
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
BIRSTALL
SK 50 NE CHURCH HILL (South Side)
5/39 No. 1 (Forge Cottage)
1.6.66
GV II
Cottage, probably early C16. Timber framed, now with brick infill, thatched roof. l½ storeys and 6 bays of large timbered panels, with sill on a high rubble plinth. The central 3 bays have no middle rail, suggesting a possible former open hall. Some arch braces. 2 bays to the right which are of less width and 1 to left have a middle rail. The doorway is in the 3rd bay from the right, with a stack behind it. In each of the other bays, a 2-light casement window with cambered brick head. In the right hand bay, the plinth is interrupted suggesting a former doorway. 3 catslide dormers above. In the gable wall, the framing is in square panels with arch braces, and in the gable itself, 2 inclined struts above the tie beam, one each side of a small window.
Listing NGR: SK5954208824
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